Roland Rd700 88-Key EXpandable Keyboard

Pros: Amazing Sound, Ease of Use, Array of Options and Features
Cons: Weight

Background - When I was young, my mom bought and restored an antique piano. None of us were particularly good at playing piano, but my grandma loves to play, and my mom enjoys her restoration projects. I started tinkering on the old piano and ...

Pros: Ideal performance keyboard containing all the sounds you need. Brilliant drum machine, split, layer functions.
Cons: Not much - maybe needs more synthy time sounds.

The Roland RD-700 is perhaps one of the best performance keyboards I have ever seen, heard or played. I must confess to having used Roland for a period of years, however was not intially sold on the idea of purchasing the RD-700 over something perhaps...

Pros: Excellent piano feel, piano samples are quite good, portability, 128 note polyphony.
Cons: Sustain drops in volume too quickly but that can be adjusted. Not a workstation.

Let me start by saying that I'm not the best pianist in the world nor a technophile but I do know what I want and what I like and for my needs the RD700 is very nearly perfect. I was looking for the best piano feel and sound that I could find, without a...

Pros: Easy to use, keys feel great, patches sound wonderful
Cons: Heavy to take to gigs, No XLR output

I bought my Roland RD-700 in 2002. www.bpmmusic.com had the lowest price ($1500 I think). I asked my local store to match BPM's price and they did. This keyboard is awesome, especially if you are coming from an acoustic piano. You can modify the keys ...

Pros: Key touch is excellent .The unit is very easy to use & navigate.
Cons: None really other than it's a bit heavy.

I've been through a lot of stage pianos from Korg to Kurzweil in my professional music career & I've finally found the one thats "just right" with the Roland RD 700. Not only are the keys fully weighted but you can adjust touch as well as the velocity of the keys! A true "custom fit" only previously found in the guitar world. The Piano & Rhodes sounds alone are worth their weight in gold! Not to mention the separate 486 tones available as well as effects, EQ's, expandability & drum programs inside this easy to use stage piano. Thanks Roland!